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echnidna
23rd December 2006, 09:23 PM
My daughter just broke the corkscrew and couldn't open the bottle of wine.

Ah well - out to the shed and drill a 10mm hole right through the cork.

Relief:D

Bluegum
23rd December 2006, 09:39 PM
Just goes to show, nececity is the mother of invetion.

tameriska
23rd December 2006, 09:49 PM
I can't talk, couldnt find the can opener one day.

Anyone else opened a can of soup with a hammer and chisel?

Terry B
23rd December 2006, 10:07 PM
My daughter just broke the corkscrew and couldn't open the bottle of wine.

Ah well - out to the shed and drill a 10mm hole right through the cork.

Relief:D
So what was wrong with pushing the cork into the bottle just like every student learns to do.:D

echnidna
23rd December 2006, 10:20 PM
She's at the age she knows more than the old man so I just humor her

Skew ChiDAMN!!
23rd December 2006, 10:43 PM
I can't talk, couldnt find the can opener one day.

Anyone else opened a can of soup with a hammer and chisel?

[sheepishly raises hand]

and Baked Beans, Spaghetti, the Dog's tucker... until someone bought me a can-opener for me burfdy. :o

journeyman Mick
23rd December 2006, 11:37 PM
Can't say I've ever drilled out a cork or opened a can with a hammer and chisel, but a 14gauge hex head roofing screw driven into a cork (broken or otherwise) makes it real easy to pull out with a pair of multi grips and cutting the rim off a can is almost as fast and neat with a pair of aviation snips as with a good can opener.:cool:

Mick

craigb
24th December 2006, 12:06 AM
So what was wrong with pushing the cork into the bottle just like every student learns to do.:D

Persically!

Bit of a worry if you have to rely on an old woodie before you can get a drink. :rolleyes:

javali
24th December 2006, 12:26 AM
I can't talk, couldnt find the can opener one day.

Anyone else opened a can of soup with a hammer and chisel?

I wouldn't risk a good chisel on something that can be done with a kitchen knife.

bsrlee
24th December 2006, 01:33 AM
I've tried an Axe on a tin, the tin sort-of won as the axe wasn't very sharp, but the tin was very bent. So I changed over to my Gerber Mk.2 and we all ate.

It was a long drive to the nearest town for a tin opener:rolleyes:

Flowboy
24th December 2006, 06:23 AM
I wouldn't risk a good chisel on something that can be done with a kitchen knife.
:eek: :eek: :eek:

echnidna
24th December 2006, 09:05 AM
Good ter know that some of us here wouldn't starve to death if we were stranded in the desert with only a tin of baked beans to eat and no can opener. :D :D :D :D